Ooltewah, TN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Ooltewah

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Ooltewah leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.

 

About 83% of adults in Ooltewah typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ooltewah, ~28% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Ooltewah compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Ooltewah leans more Republican than 10 of 68 neighbors.

Politically, Ooltewah sits close to the rest of Tennessee.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Ooltewah. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+43) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+25), a spread of about 17 points.

Why Ooltewah leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Ooltewah, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Ooltewah votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 54%, far above the Tennessee average of 21%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Ooltewah are family households, above 81% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Ooltewah, TN sits above the national average on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Ooltewah looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ooltewah is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Ooltewah have completed high school, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.